Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-01
THE COAL STRIKES.
The Knights Intentions-The Strikers
Places All Filled.

The Knights Intentions-The strikers
Places All Filled.
NEW YORK, January 3lst-The most
important feature in the coal strike yester-
day was the meeting of District Assembly,
No. 40, Knights of Labor. The sum of
81, 100 was voted to the Board of Arbitra-
ton and Strikers for immediate use, and
an assessment was placed on each local
assembly to pay the strikers each week. A
communication from the General EXecu-
tive Board was read, promising to issue
general assessment if necessary Many as
semblies also offered No. 40 loans of large
sums of money to keep up the fight 4
series of resolutions were adopted, de-
nonncing the action of the corporations
and calling upon the order everywhere to-
come to the rescue of the striking long
shoremen and coalhandlers. Plans We're
perfected by which the elevated and sur
face railroads of the city could be stopped
if necessary The gashouses and electric
light factories would be shut down if ne
cessary.
PLENTY OF MEN AT WORK.
New YORK, January 31st.-Everv hour
the great strike continues now reduces the
chances of the strikers Tor success. There
are now men crowding into the places of
the Knights, and the new men are rapidly
learning the trick of loading vessels, and
are getting to be pretty good 'longshore-
men themselves. The big steamship line
agents on North river said this morning
they had all the men they wanted and
were turning applicants away. The only
trouble that any of them experienced now
is to get foremen and directors for the
green hands. If that want were supplied.
probably every line in the city would be
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before the strike. All lines having vessels
in port have the full number al work this
morning.
LATER-MoRE MEN GO OUT.
NEW YORK. January 3lst-The strike
took a new phase to-day 1t not only i'll
wolves the additional 'longshoremen who
went out this morning, but also the freight
handlers OF the railways, thus tightening
the blockade on transportation and adding
another thousand 10 the thousands already
idle. Apparently by preconcerted action
committees of freight handlers of a num-
Der of roads to-day presented formulated
demands on the management, and it is un-
derstood that similar demands will be made
on the managers of all roads leading into
this city. The freight handlers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, employed on the
company's North river piers, to-day notified
the managers that, unless the rate of wages
was increased from II to 90 cents per hour,
general strike would follow all along the
companys docks. The company was given
| until tomorrow noon to consider the de-
mand There are about 1000 men em-
ployed on the piers.
DEMANDS POSITIVELY REFUSED.
Demands were also made by the freight
handlers employed by the Central Railroad
of New Jersey, and by the New York,
Lake Erie and Western for increased wages,
| and threatening to Immediately quit work
| if their demands are not complied with.
The concessions asked for were refused ab
| solutely. At the office of the New Jersey
Central it was ascertained that q commit
tee of five waited upon the Receivers this
morning and presented the demand for in
creased wages for freight handlers and
other employees and insisted on an an
| swer before 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
Receivers met them again at that hour to
give them written reply, in which they
declined to comply with the demand.
The committee took their departure, and
Immediately afterwards the freight hand
lers of the company on Pier No. IA wen;
out on strike. Among the demands of
the committee was one that the coal strike,
as far as the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey is concerned, be settled in "a hours
alter presenting lnlS petllon II the course
of its reply the company says:
NO SURRENDER OF RIGHTS.
eve expect to give equal pay to clerks
and others who are employed in similar
positions, provided they are equally quail
fed to fill these Positions but we cannot
recognize the propriety of paying all alike
without regard to experience or efficiency.
You state that you Will not handle any
freight that has been previously handled
by non-union men. AS Receiver of the
company, that is u common carrier, ii is
our duty to handle any freight presented
to us, whether the same has been previ
ousiy handled by non-union men or other
wise. We shall do our utmost to perform
this duty. You demand that the coal
strike be settled, as far as our railroad is
concerned, in twenty-four hours. This
strike does not exist among our employees.
T. is for others moi for us to settle